Escalade Reports 18% Sales Growth for Fourth Quarter, Full Year Up 11%

Escalade Reports 18% Sales Growth for Fourth Quarter, Full Year Up 11%

EVANSVILLE, IN — (Marketwire) — 03/02/12 — Escalade, Incorporated (NASDAQ: ESCA) announced that net income for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $2.1 million, or $0.17 basic earnings per share ($0.16 diluted earnings per share) compared to net income of $2.2 million or $0.18 basic earnings per share ($0.17 diluted earnings per share) for the same quarter in 2010. Net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 were 17.6% higher than the same quarter last year. Sales growth is a result of continued